Sedative dosage questioned at murder trial

By court reporter Loukas Founten
Tue 29 May 2012, 3:21 PM AEST

An intensive care doctor who treated a man who was stabbed during a home invasion at Elizabeth Downs in Adelaide has given evidence he may have given the man too large a dose of a sedative before his death.

Daniel Haughey was allegedly attacked in his home last August by three men.

Two men in custody have yet to enter their pleas to murder charges.

Their lawyers have argued in Adelaide Magistrates Court Mr Haughey had a heart attack in hospital after being sedated after he became agitated.

In court, intensive care specialist David Crosby said in hindsight he would have given Mr Haughey a smaller dosage.

But he said he had to react quickly at the time.

He said he could not say whether blood loss suffered by Mr Haughey was a result of his stab wounds or medical intervention.

The accused men's lawyers are expected to push for the case to be dismissed at a hearing next month.